Tackle strays, tweet residents in selfies with cows
TNN | Mar 12, 2019, 08:02 IST
Some of the selfies posted on Twitter have tagged the CMNoida: To counter the menace of stray cattle disrupting traffic across the city, a group of residents has started a campaign called “Selfie with cows”, wherein they click selfies with bovines, post them on Twitter and tag authorities.
Residents have demanded that stray cattle crowding the main roads be shifted to the new cow shelter at Wazidpur in Sector 63.
The campaign was started by three residents — Amit Gupta (Sector 77), Abhay Pandey (Sector 121) and Sachin Goyal (Sector 76).
On Monday, the first day of the campaign, the residents, including some traffic volunteers, clicked four pictures and uploaded them on WhatsApp groups.
The residents have identified multiple spots across Noida where cattle continue to occupy space.
These include the road between A and B blocks in Sector 62, the road opposite the fire office in Sector 5, DSC road near the u-turn opposite Kesar Garden Apartments in Sector 48, the NTPC underpass, and the area opposite Skytech market.
Gupta said that despite Noida getting another gaushala, stray cattle continue to take over the city’s streets.
“There have been two accidents near the u-turn opposite Kesar Garden Apartments in January in which two people died. The Noida Authority has finally started another gaushala in Wazidpur. The Authority should start sending the cattle there now,” he said.
Some of the selfies posted on Twitter have tagged Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath.
“Noida sec 62 AB block road, 20 stray cow n bull, daily scene,” reads a tweet to the UP CM, Noida MLA Pankaj Singh, MP Dr Mahesh Sharma and Noida Authority.
Meanwhile, with only two animal vans, Noida Authority seems to be ill-equipped to tackle the problem of stray cattle.
However, MD Pandey, project engineer, public health, told TOI that another van has been procured for this purpose.
“We are trying to catch cattle on a daily basis. Sometimes, a van catches about 10 stray cattle in a day and at times, the number remains between three and four. However, the staff has to deal with the strays fleeing at the sight of the van,” he said.
Till now, the only gaushala, at Sector 94, saw overcrowding, with more than 1,300 cows in its premises.
Residents have demanded that stray cattle crowding the main roads be shifted to the new cow shelter at Wazidpur in Sector 63.
The campaign was started by three residents — Amit Gupta (Sector 77), Abhay Pandey (Sector 121) and Sachin Goyal (Sector 76).
On Monday, the first day of the campaign, the residents, including some traffic volunteers, clicked four pictures and uploaded them on WhatsApp groups.
The residents have identified multiple spots across Noida where cattle continue to occupy space.
These include the road between A and B blocks in Sector 62, the road opposite the fire office in Sector 5, DSC road near the u-turn opposite Kesar Garden Apartments in Sector 48, the NTPC underpass, and the area opposite Skytech market.
Gupta said that despite Noida getting another gaushala, stray cattle continue to take over the city’s streets.
“There have been two accidents near the u-turn opposite Kesar Garden Apartments in January in which two people died. The Noida Authority has finally started another gaushala in Wazidpur. The Authority should start sending the cattle there now,” he said.
Some of the selfies posted on Twitter have tagged Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath.
“Noida sec 62 AB block road, 20 stray cow n bull, daily scene,” reads a tweet to the UP CM, Noida MLA Pankaj Singh, MP Dr Mahesh Sharma and Noida Authority.
Meanwhile, with only two animal vans, Noida Authority seems to be ill-equipped to tackle the problem of stray cattle.
However, MD Pandey, project engineer, public health, told TOI that another van has been procured for this purpose.
“We are trying to catch cattle on a daily basis. Sometimes, a van catches about 10 stray cattle in a day and at times, the number remains between three and four. However, the staff has to deal with the strays fleeing at the sight of the van,” he said.
Till now, the only gaushala, at Sector 94, saw overcrowding, with more than 1,300 cows in its premises.
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